The utility users tax charged by Bellflower was 5% at the time of the Measure A election. If Measure A had been approved, the tax would have increased to 7%. The new higher tax would have been in effect for five years, generating an estimated $1.6 million a year for those five years.

Election results

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Measure A: Shall an ordinance to offset severe State cuts to the City of Bellflower by protecting and restoring essential City services including: sheriff patrols/substation hours of operation, school crossing guards, school safety/after-school programs, services for the disabled and drug/gang prevention; by temporarily increasing the City's utility users' tax by 2%, with a 5-year sunset, audits, low-income senior exemptions, citizens' oversight, and local control of funds be adopted?[2]